Amy Guinn wins 5000 meters at LSU

BATON ROUGE - A first place effort by Amy Guinnin the 5000 meters and second place finishes by Aisling Casey in the 1500 meters and by Sam Vidrine in the javelin highlighted McNeese State's performace in the LSU track and field meet on Saturday.

            Guinn won the 5000 meters in  l7:40.93 while Casey ran 4:55.55 in the 1500 meters.

            Vidrine posted a 216-4 toss in the javelin for his second place showing.

            Also in the javelin, Ben Chretienfinished fourth for the Cowboys at 213-9 andWiley Collins was sixth at 207-7.

            Other top 10 efforts turned in by the Cowboys were a fifth place by Ben Reynolds in the high hurdles, an eighth place byCharles Jackson and a 10^th by Torian Lindsey in the 200 meters, a third by Jordan Neil and an eighth by Johnathan Koenck in the 1500 meters, a seventh place byKenneth Pierce in the 5000 meters and a sixth by Thomas Canchola in the shot put.

            Neil's 3:50.65 in the 1500 meters is the best by a Cowboy this season.  Reynolds ran 14.85 in the highs, Jackson had a 22.0 and Lindsey a 22.04 in the 200 meters, Koenck posted a 3:55.09 in the 1500, Pierce ran 15:47.54 in the 5000 meters and Canchola went 53-5 in the shot put.

            Other top 10 finishes for the Cowgirls had Ashlee Smith placing seventh in the discus, Tinette Burger finishing fifth in the 1500 meters, La'Shantena Roundsfinishing fifth in the shot put and Candice McCormick running eighth, Fionnuala Ross placing ninth and Alvy Carragher 10^th in the 5000 meters.

            Burger turned in a 4:39.92 which is the top effort by a Cowgirl this season in the 1500 meters while Smith went 150-0 which is also the best effort in the discus and ranks among  the top five best ever by a Cowgirl.  Rounds posted a 46-4 1/4 mark in the shot put which is a career best and the fourth best toss in McNeese history.

            McCormick ran 18:49l.25, Ross 19:06.66 and Carragher 19:12.86 in the 5000.

            Also for the Cowboys: Jackson placed 14^th in the 100 meters at 11.0, Ryan Thomason was 22^nd at 11.14, Ronald Stine was 24^th at 11.16 and Sam Bowerswas 30^th at 11.22.

            Napoleon Robicheaux ran 17.04 for 28^th place in the high hurdles and went 20-1 for 19^th in the long jump.  Donovan Anderson finished 21^st in the 400 meters at 50.65 and Michael Washington placed 28^th at 52.36.

            Mark Fallaize was 13^th in the 800 meters are 1:59.20 and Michael Dyer was 16^th in a special 800 meters at 1:57.83.

            For the Cowgirls: Katarina Caraway ran 13:09.48 for 11^th in the steeplechase, Ashleigh Wells ran 12.49 for 26^th and Paige Lynch was 28^th at 12.50 in the 100 meters and then Wells was 14^th at 25.10, Lynch was 36^th at 26.09 andKayla Fontenot was 43^rd at 27.38 in the 200 meters.

            Also, Andrea Myers ran 15.35 for 21^st in the 100 hurdles, Fontenot ran 16.03 for 31^st and Alyssa Cotton ran 17.80 for 42^nd.  In the 800 meters, D'Anna Lambert finished 11^th at 2:23.5, Kara Slaydon was 17^th at 2:26.9 and Casey was 24^th at 2:31.27.

            The 4x100 relay team of Lynch, Wells, Fontenot and Myers placed 12^th at 48.0.

            Laney Doucett had a career best of 127-10 for 17^th place in the javelin whileLaura Kerr was 19^th at 124-11 and Amanda Lejeune 20th at 124-9.